Headwear.



S. MONOS'ON.

HEADWBAR.

. APPLICATION FILED AIAR. 6, 1910. 978,048.

Patented Dec. 6. 1910.

Inventor: .So/omo onosp/l by MQ f l'.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SOLOMON MONOSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

HEADWEAR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 6, 1910.

Application led April 5, 1910. Serial N o. 553,664.

To all whom it 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, SOLOMON MoNosoN, 'a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the borough of Manhattan, in the city of New York,county and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Article ofHeadwear, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in head-wear, and has for itsobject the provision of an article of head-wear adapted for use in anyone of several different arrangements, thus giving a large variety ofappearances to one and the same article.

. The invention consists in an article of manufacture of head-wearhaving a pliable crown and a pliable brim, united at the base of thecrown, and provided with certain useful features, as hereinafter moreparticularly described and more particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

The invention is embodied in the cap or hat made of fur, illustrated inthe accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in which- Figure l is avertical, sectional view through the middle of the cap; Fig. 2 is anelevation, partly in section and partly broken away, of the same; andFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6 are perspective views illustrative of the variousarrangements of the cap or hat.

In the drawing the reference symbol C designates the crown, and B, thebrim. The brim and crown are secured together at the base b of the crownby stitching or in other suitable manner, and the band forming the fbrim is doubled in underneath and its edge e is carried back tosubstantially the line of union of the brim and the crown, such edge ebeing stitched to a substantially nonstretchable band b', preferably ofvelvet, and such band b being stitched to the crown, or

i the brim, or both, at the base the reference p s indicating the stitchaforesaid. A vizor or peak V is attached to a felt or other `wadding fwplaced between the two thicknesses of material forming the brim B, bythreads t. This vizor or peak may be of leather, two or more plybuckram, or other suitable sti but flexible material. The lining L isattached to the band b as by stitching. A draw-band or cord D is securedto the lining L between it and the crown C by looped thread t so that itmay be drawn through such loops to vary the size of the `cap to suit thehead of the wearer, a loop al of said draw band D being taken through ahole in the lining to the inside thereof in position convenient for thelingers to grasp it and operate said draw band D.

A substantially non-stretchable band or tape b2 is placed within thebrim, between the outer and inner thickness O, I, thereof, at the foldand is there secured, as by stitchmg.

The iexible but substantially non-stretchable bands ZJ', b2 permit thehat or cap to be folded into compact form while preventing it from beingstretched out of shape, and the band b2 permits the brim B to be foldedup as shown in Fig. 3, that is, permits the hat or ca to be telescoped;the vizor to be turne down as shown in Fig. 4; or the vizor to beelevated as shown in Fig. 5 while the remainder of the brim is turneddown, as in protecting the ears and the back of the neck against cold.

Fig. 6 shows a crease c in the crown, as in the Alpine hat or cap. It isobvious that such crease can also be used with the other arrangements ofvizor and brim shown.

W'hat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of theUnited States is l. As an improved article of manufacture, an article ofhead-wear consisting of a pliable fur crown and a pliable fur brimjoined directly together at the base of the crown forming a continuousunbroken external fur surface with the brim doubled back on itselfunderneath substantially to the line joining brim and crown, asubstantially non-stretchable, band to which the edge of the doubledbackbrim is attached and which band is attached to the inside of the articlesubstantially at such joining line, and a vizor or peak within andconcealed by the doubled brim.

2. As an improved article of manufacture, an article of head-wearvconsisting of a pliable crown and a pliable brim joined together at thebase of the crown forming a continuous unbroken external fur surfacewith the brim doubled back on itself underneath substantially to theline joining brim and crown, a substantially non-stretchable band towhich the edge of the doubled-back brim is attached and which band isattached to the inside of the article substantially at such joiningline, a substantially non-stretchable band secured within the brim atthe doubling thereof, and a vizor or peak within and concealed by thedoubled brim.

3. As an improved article of manufacture, an article of head-Wearconsisting of a pliable crown and a `pliable brim joined together at thebase ofthe crown With the brim doubled back on itself underneathsubstantially to the line of joining of brim and crown, a substantiallynon-stretcliable .band to which the edge of the doubled-back brim isattached and which band is attached to the inside of the articlesubstantially at such' `line of joining7 a lining attached to SaidSOLOMON MONOSON.

lVit-nesses NIoHoLAs ALEINIKOFF, HERMAN MoNosoN.

